Should we really care for the greatest actors of the past could we have them before us?

Should we find them too different from our accent of thought, of feeling, of speech, in a thousand minute particulars which are of the essence of all three? Dr. Doran's 5 long and interesting records of the triumphs of Garrick, and other less familiar, but in their day hardly less astonishing, players, do not relieve one of the doubt. Garrick himself, as sometimes happens with people who have been the sub ect of much anecdote and other conversation, here as elsewhere, bears no very distinct !" figure. #ne hardly sees the wood for the trees. #n the other hand, the account of $etterton, %perhaps the greatest of &nglish actors,% is delightfully fresh. 'hat intimate friend of Dryden, 'illatson, (ope, who e)ecuted a copy of the actor's portrait by *neller which is still e)tant, was worthy of their friendship+ !5 his career brings out the best elements in stage life. 'he stage in these volumes presents itself indeed not merely as a mirror of life, but as an illustration of the utmost intensity of life, in the fortunes and characters of the players. ,ps and downs, generosity, dark fates, the most delicate goodness, have nowhere -" been more prominent than in the private e)istence of those devoted to the public mimicry of men and women. .ontact with the stage, almost throughout its history, presents itself as a kind of touchstone, to bring out the bi/arrerie, the theatrical tricks and contrasts, of the actual world.

1. In the expression One hardly sees the wood for the trees, the author apparently intends the word trees to be analogous to A. features of Dorans language style B. details learned from oral sour es !. personality of a famous a tor D. details of "arri #s life $. stage triumphs of an astonishing player 2. %he doubt referred to in line & on erns whether A. the stage personalities of the past would appeal on a personal le'el to people li#e the author B. their ontemporaries would ha'e understood famous a tors !. the a ting of famous stage personalities would appeal to us today D. "arri # was as great as he is portrayed $. histori al re ords an re'eal personality

3. Information supplied in the passage is suffi ient to answer whi h of the following (uestions) (Select ALL answer choices that apply) A. *ho did Doran thin# was probably the best $nglish a tor) B. *hat did Doran thin# of "arri #) !. *ould the author gi'e a definite answer to the first (uestion posed in the passage)